Audiolab 8000DAC or even better the DAX. This is not a bright DAC but gives a very nice natural tone with good stereo. As a bonus it reclocks the input data to remove jitter ... this is probably essential unless you have a high end transport.
New they were about $1000 but for some reason they seem to come up used for $200-$300.
Depending on your transport's jitter reclocking will be very important .. either get a reclocking DAC (most older DACs do not !) or budget for a Monarchy DIP between the CDP and the DAC.
New they were about $1000 but for some reason they seem to come up used for $200-$300.
Depending on your transport's jitter reclocking will be very important .. either get a reclocking DAC (most older DACs do not !) or budget for a Monarchy DIP between the CDP and the DAC.